Marissa's Staff Picks

 

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1. Teenage dirtbags

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Author:
Acker, James
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Eva H. Perry Regional - Young Adult has 2
YA ACKER
North Regional - Young Adult
YA ACKER
Wake Forest Community - Young Adult
YA ACKER
Description:
"Phil Reyno is a 'troublemaker.' With a punk aesthetic and a quick temper, Phil knows that it's surprising to see him dating universally beloved Cameron Ellis, whose viral coming out video made him an internet darling. Jackson Pasternak is a 'good guy.' Junior class president, star rower, and Ivy bound, Jackson is burnt out and misses the only person who ever truly knew him-his ex-best friend, Phil. When Cameron dumps Phil and torpedoes his already-iffy...

2. That was then, this is now

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Author:
Hinton, S. E.
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4.5 stars
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Morrisville Community - Young Adult
YA HINTON
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Sixteen-year-old Mark and Bryon have been like brothers since childhood, but now, as their involvement with girls, gangs, and drugs increases, their relationship seems to gradually disintegrate. Bryon discovers that his "brother" Mark is a drug pusher.

3. The music of what happens

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Author:
Konigsberg, Bill
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4.6 stars
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East Regional - Young Adult
YA KONIGSBE
Holly Springs Community - Young Adult
YA KONIGSBE
North Regional - Young Adult
YA KONIGSBE
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It is summer in Phoenix, and seventeen-year-old Maximo offers to help Jordan, a fellow student in high school, with the food truck that belonged to Jordan's deceased father, and which may be the only thing standing between homelessness for Jordan and his mom; the boys are strongly attracted to each other, but as their romance develops it is threatened by the secrets they are hiding--and by the racism and homophobia of those around them.